Cichorium intybus (root)
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| − | | description=[Chicory family] distinguished by alternate or basal leaves; milky acrid or bitter juice; flowers all alike, perfect, calyx-tube adnate to ovary, corolla gamopetalous, limb 5-toothed, anthers syngenesious; ovary 1-celled; fruit achene. | + | | description=[Chicory family] distinguished by alternate or basal leaves; milky acrid or bitter juice; flowers all alike, perfect, calyx-tube adnate to ovary, corolla gamopetalous, limb 5-toothed, anthers syngenesious; ovary 1-celled; fruit achene. [Chicory Root (''Cichorium Intybus'')] closely resembles ''taraxacum'', but is paler and has milk vessels in radiating lines. |
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Nomenclature
Cichorium intybus L. Asteraceae
Standardized common name (English): chicory
Ayurvedic name(s): kasni
Pinyin name(s): ju ju (aboveground parts)
Botanical Voucher Specimen
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Organoleptic Characteristics
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Macroscopic Characteristics
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Microscopic Characteristics
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High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
 
Chicory (root) (Cichorium intybus) Lane Assignments Lanes, from left to right (Track, Volume, Sample):
Reference materials used here have been authenticated by macroscopic, microscopic &/or TLC studies according to the reference source cited below held at Alkemists Pharmaceuticals, Costa Mesa, CA. Stationary Phase Silica gel 60, F254, 10 x 10 cm HPTLC plates Mobile Phase CH2Cl2: Petroleum ether [8/2] Sample Preparation Method 0.3 g + 3 ml CH3OH sonicated + heated @ 50° C ~ 1 hr. Detection Method 10% Ethanolic H2SO4 -> 115° C 15 min -> UV 365 nm Reference see Pharmacopoeia of The Peoples Republic of China, Volume 1, 2005
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Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100157670
- ↑ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000796601
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
